falce
Interlingua
editNoun
editfalce (plural falces)
Italian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare French faux.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfalce f (plural falci)
- scythe (larger tool than sickle); sickle (smaller tool than scythe)
- war scythe, scythe
- (astronomy) crescent
Derived terms
edit- falcetto (“sickle”)
Related terms
edit- falciare (“to mow”)
Further reading
editLatin
editNoun
editfalce
Romanian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin falx, falcem (“sickle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Cf. Medieval Latin falcata. See also the related form falcă (“jaw”), which underwent further semantic evolution from the original etymology of "sickle" in Latin.
Noun
editfalce f (plural fălci)
- old unit of measurement (used in Moldova) in agriculture equivalent to about half a hectare, or an area of land that size
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